Photo: René Hourdry · CC BY-SA 4.0Loriol-sur-Drôme sits above 89% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (22%)
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Loriol-sur-Drôme has 29%. This Drôme town has more empty homes than 72% of compared French towns, at 8.9%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 6,614, in 2,820 households. For Loriol-sur-Drôme, the census puts second homes at 1.3%.
Throughout this page, the Drôme median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
A +10% change since 2012: Loriol-sur-Drôme grew faster than 69% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Drôme town +8%.
A median age of 42.9: Loriol-sur-Drôme is younger than 59% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Loriol-sur-Drôme 42.9. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. Across Loriol-sur-Drôme, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 31% of households are one person living alone
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.3 people. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. Here, just over one in ten households are single parents.
A smaller share of households without a car than 58% of compared French towns: 9.3%
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 11% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 18%. Loriol-sur-Drôme sits close to the norm on households in social housing: 12%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €24,350 a year to live on
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The median standard of living in Loriol-sur-Drôme is €24,350 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 15.0% of residents.
In Loriol-sur-Drôme, 35% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 64% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Across Loriol-sur-Drôme, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.3% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 71% of compared French towns don’t reach
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%; Loriol-sur-Drôme has 9.2%. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 44% in Loriol-sur-Drôme, more than in 60% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Single residents: 25% of the total. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 67% of compared French towns, at 26%
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Loriol-sur-Drôme has 22%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 6,549 to 6,671 people, the 18th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 36.3 in Chasse-sur-Rhône to 59.8 in Châtelaillon-Plage.
Loriol-sur-Drôme is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loriol-sur-Drôme | 42.9 | 22% | 1.3% | 9.2% |
| Livron-sur-Drôme 9,329 · 2.3 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 1.4% | 4.8% |
| Le Pouzin 2,886 · 3.3 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 1.8% | 12% |
| La Voulte-sur-Rhône 4,854 · 4.2 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 1.7% | 10% |
| Allex 2,698 · 5 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 3.4% | 2% |
| Étoile-sur-Rhône 5,468 · 6.9 mi | 43 | 20% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Cruas 2,898 · 7 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 4.8% | 6.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Loriol-sur-Drôme
What is the population of Loriol-sur-Drôme?
6,614 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (6,019).
How old are Loriol-sur-Drôme’s residents?
The median age is 42.9, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Loriol-sur-Drôme?
39, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Loriol-sur-Drôme?
INSEE counts 610 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.2% of residents, and 480 foreign nationals (7.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Loriol-sur-Drôme?
€24,350 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% of residents live below the poverty line. Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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